Are you, now, the same person you were at age 18?

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I'd like to say,"why, of course, I've grown.....". I know more now, but I'm still the person I was when I was 18.

Gees! Maybe at age 18, I could spell "person".
 

I think that a little bit of a person always stays the same, deep down. But, the world and life's events helps shape a person's outward handling of life.
 

I have shrunk, I used to be 6'4", now I am only 6'2''. I used to have dark hair, now it is almost white. That scraping noise is my butt dragging, that wasn't there when I was 18.
 
Not really. I do miss my long thick dark brown hair and loathe that tiny thin balding spot on the top of my head. I wish I had my 18 year old knees back again. I can still touch my toes so that's a good thing. I lost about an inch in height which is also a good. I always had to look for tall sizes because I was 5'8. Now I'm 5'7" considered average. I was very naive back then and lived a very sheltered life. I've grown in that respect and definitely not as judgmental as I once was. Pros and cons all around.
 
Vega_Lyra said:
Vega_Lyra wrote:
"It's a pity youth is wasted on the young." :wave:
-George Bernard Shaw
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I'm afraid you've already posted something I was going to refer to, although I was going to be derogatory about the comment (as too cynical).

Old mates of my father used to say something similar many years ago in the local bar (or maybe they weren't really his mates).

As far as I'm concerned I was certainly very naïve in my teenage years and beyond (as "green as grass" you could say :eek:). I hope I've learned a few things since then, and feel I've been lucky in having a few excellent bosses who tried to give me good advice (one described his role as "shining dull pennies" and I was a pretty dull student he did his best to help shine a little).

So, am I the same person, - I'm sorry to say I can only give you a "yes and no" response.

No in that I have maybe learnt to be more self reliant, and have a bit more inner confidence (if you think you're smarter than I then maybe you are, but I'm able to weigh your faults up too, like those who are "a bit too cocky" and essentially massaging their own egos all the time).

And yes I am the same person in that I do still try to hope for the best, and have good intentions I believe (my late mother said that about me too I've discovered since she died).
 
I am the same basic person I was then. However, I have matured and learned a lot. I think because I was a good person then and am a good person now, there is no change that would make me into a completely different person, only a better person.
 
Being much older then 18 now,I think I still have the same values and personality that I did then. The only difference is my priorities have changed over the years.
 
Wellll, if it's true (as I've heard) that a person's cells completely replenish themselves every 7 years, then none of us are the same people we were even a decade ago... :playful::playful::eek:nthego:

(never mind me.. I'm over-the-top tired... lol ) :cool:
 
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